University Writing Center (UWC) - Avoiding Plagiarism

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To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to appear well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste.

— George de Buffon

Often students plagiarize because they are unfamiliar with expectations for academic writing. This workshop reviews what needs to be cited and how to quote directly, summarize, and paraphrase. We review why scholars use citation and emphasize its importance to ethical scholarship. Several useful exercises help students learn to differentiate between correct and incorrect ways of summarizing, paraphrasing, and directly citing sources.

View this presentation on video (19:50 minutes). Videotaped workshops are an alternative to in-class workshops.

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